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Amazon.com Inc. unveiled a new online wine marketplace Thursday, in the company's second attempt to crack a sector curtailed by a tangle of complex regulations. Amazon Wine launched more than 1,000 wines from wineries in the United States, including Francis Ford Coppola, Hall, Mark Ryan, Eden Canyon, Pepper Bridge and Roadhouse. The world's largest Internet retailer said customers could order up to six bottles for a shipping fee of $9.99. The service will be available to California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and the District of Columbia.

EBay Inc. reported a rise in quarterly revenue and earnings on Wednesday as more consumers shopped on its online marketplaces and used its PayPal payment service. EBay said third-quarter revenue rose 15 percent, to $3.4 billion, while profit climbed 14 percent, to $718 million, or 55 cents a share. The revenue matched Wall Street estimates, while profit beat by a penny. EBay forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $3.85 billion to $4 billion and profit of 66 to 69 cents per share. Wall Street was looking for fourth-quarter earnings of 68 cents a share on revenue of $3.94 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is launching a new business offering loans to some of its online sellers, a move that could boost the growth of its giant Internet marketplace, Chief Executive Scot Wingo of e-commerce advisory firm ChannelAdvisor said on Thursday. The new program is called Amazon Lending and sellers on the company's marketplace have been sent emails offering loans from Amazon Capital Services Inc, according to Wingo, who posted a copy of one of the emails on ChannelAdvisor's website.

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - EBay Inc executive Devin Wenig unveiled a new logo on Thursday, a re-design he said reflected a shift by the online marketplace away from auctions and collectibles toward full-priced, buy-it-now merchandise. The new logo keeps eBay's famous colors, red, blue, yellow and green, but the letters are thinner and arranged inline, rather than the previous, slightly jumbled approach. The new design will be rolled out across the company's websites this fall.

EBay Inc. executive Devin Wenig unveiled a new logo on Thursday, a re-design he said reflected a shift by the online marketplace away from auctions and collectibles toward full-priced, buy-it-now merchandise. The new logo keeps eBay's famous colors, red, blue, yellow and green, but the letters are thinner and arranged inline, rather than the previous, slightly jumbled approach. The new design will be rolled out across the company's websites this fall. "The eBay logo is known the world over, so changing it was not a decision made lightly.

The new owners of the Brookside Marketplace are making plans to expand the center by adding another building and a national retailer to the growing shopping center. Tinley Park's village board considered a variance request from the center's developer during a meeting, Aug. 7, that would allow for signage larger than the established guidelines for the center. Officials say they can't yet disclose the name of the possible new tenant because an agreement has not been finalized, but they did say the business is a general merchandise retailer with a national presence.